See beginning right after the 2018 midterms. Dan, to be continued. Please come back. That does it for us. We are out of time. Heres ali and stephanie for velshi ruhle. Thank you. Have a good rest of the afternoon. Good afternoon to you. Im ali velshi. Im stephanie ruhle. Its wednesday, october 3rd. Lets get starter. 36 years ago this happened. I had one beer. Right . I had one beer. Well, you think it was nope. It was one beer. Oh good. How did you get home . I dont remember. How did you get there . I dont remember. Wheres the place . I dont remember. How many years ago was it . I dont know. I dont know. I dont know. What neighborhood was in . I dont know. Wheres the house . I dont know. Upstairs, down stairs. Where was it . I dont know. I had one beer. A mans life is in tatters. A mans life is shattered. His wife is shatters. His daughters who are beautiful, incredible, young kids, they destroy people. They want to destroy people. These are really evil people. Think of your son. Think of your husband. Think ive had many false accusations. Ive had it ive had so many. And when i say it didnt happen, nobody believes me. Was it appropriate for President Trump to openly mock the account of Christine Ford last night . Thats a lemminglike word youre all using, peter. That woman has been accommodated. The president s comments were just plain wrong. Theres no time and no place for remarks like that. But to discuss something this sensitive in a political rally is just its just not right. Its kind of appalling. Nbc news learned the fbi could finish up the investigation at any time. The New York Times reporting on a letter kavanaugh wrote in 1983. Giving advice to High School Classmates who would be joining him for a Beach Week Getaway in
ocean city, maryland. Kavanaugh learning the friends whoever arrive to the condo first, Should Quote Warn the neighbors were loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific punkers among us, advise them to go about 30 miles. Maybe the temperament. Maybe lied about how much he drank in high school and maybe threw ice in a bar in new york. Enough. Vote. The senate will vote on this nomination this week. The new York State Tax Department is now reviewing the allegations in that epic and explosive the New York TimesInvestigation Illustrating potential fraud, scams and more on the part of the trumps. Turns out it was not a million dollars. But the equivalent today of 413 million the president received from his fathers Real Estate Empire Over the years. The times says, quote, much of the money came to trump because he helped his parents dodge taxes in the 90s. We looked at fred trumps empire and kept going and going and going. Going and going. And happening this hour, were going to hear live from the White House Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders. It is the first formal White House PressBriefing SinceSeptember 10th and as soon as it happens well bring it to you live. We have had the very strange full Press Conference at the u. N. That the press held. Fbis expanded Background Check could be wrapping up today. Thats what nbc news is learning as the deadline looms this friday and theres a new letter released dating to kavanaughs beach week in june 1983. Between his graduation from Georgetown Prep and his Freshman Year at yale. Nbc has not independently seen the letter. Kavanaugh through his attorney confirmed writing it. The note mostly logistics ahead of the trip sent to his friend p. J. Smith but there are some interesting passages that continue to contradict some of the judges testimony about his
drinking. For instance, kavanaugh tells smith, quote, it would probably be a good idea to warn the neighbors that we are loud, obnoxious drunks. He adds, there are, quote, Prolific Pukers among us. In the yearbook he called himself the biggest contributor to the beach week ralph club. He said it was him not handling spicy foods. Goes on in the letter to say of the neighbors, quote, advise them to go about 30 miles. But then the letter cuts off. We dont know what this is referring to. Theres another thing he mentions earlier in the letter. Any girling to beg to stay there are open with open we dont we have eclipses. We dont know what he means. Leaving it to the imagination of the other boys. Because this behavior is nothing out of the ordinary for many teen boys at the time, the judge denied during testimony that he was a heavy drinker and in an interview, he wasnt a heavy drinker and threw up because of a weak stomach and spicy foods
and the attitudes of women in high school was respectful and matters only because kavanaugh made it an issue himself. Joining us is former fbi agent jack owens and linda fairstein. Jack, to you first. Senator cornyn said at least some part of the fbi report will need to come out. How much do we really need to see collectively to evaluate if we have enough information and do we have the right to do that . We usually only fbi level dont release any of these reports. If theyre going to be released, its going to contain only the information the fbi provided. All right. Let me ask you this, linda. There are 40 people who have been identified as potentially having some information into this case. Every time we see a letter or somebody tweets its very confusing. Very, very confusing to
figure this out. As an investigation goes, wouldnt it make sense to investigate i dont know whether its 440, 400, but it does seem people left out with information. Yes, it certainly does. Last information was they hadnt interviewed dr. Ford and you can get a lot more from him. Example, he says he identified kavanaugh with 100 certainty. We dont knowment its not been brought out by either side. How did she know him . How many times before was she with him . Why is she so certain . Theres things to ask her that dont affect what happened in the bedroom up the stairwell but the befores, the afters, the other guys, how did she know any of them . That supports how certain she was. Where this house is. I mean, i have had the privilege of working with the fbi a bit and nypd in this kind of case, every day of my career so you start with these guys who are named, the ones in the calendar, for example. If we think its that date. Where did they live at that
time . This gathering was not at the house of a stranger. This gathering at the house of someone they all knew so you find those houses. And maybe you drive her by them if they still exist and maybe the fbi knocks on the door and says, let me see the interior of your house. But there are so many specifics and so many people to talk to and you certainly cant do it without the main participants. You worked in sex crimes for decades. Yes. We keep hearing over and over and people saying it to me. The president said that is war on young men. What if this was your brother, your husband, your son . No one Single Person should ever be Collateral Damage and in terms of men falsely accused, it is like 2 to 7 of those overall. So in your experience, how often is it that this happens to just an unsuspecting guy . Very infrequently. Very infrequently. False reports are terrible and if it happened to somebody you
cared about, yourself, it is a terrible thing. And we worked very hard, every prosecutor did. We were the first unit in the country. You get them out of the system. There are sort of telltale facts that you dig for that helps you put them apart. Do you see them here . I havent seen them in dr. Fords account. For example, julie the third swetnick. Swetnick. Theres something a prosecutor would go after. People are discrediting her already. Why would someone go to ten parties like this . Why would someone go back when theyre gang raped . Youd have something to dig out with her to make sure that you dont see it with Christine Fords . Not at all. What President Trump did last night at the rally in mississippi, i started doing this when you were kids or you know, before then. In the 70s. And this was the technique. You just attack the victim. You blame the victim. You dont she remembers
distinctly what happened to her in the room. This is the technique of whom . A Defense Attorney. A Defense Attorney . The worst Defense Attorney. And it would be ms. Ruhle, you dont the day before, you dont remember how he got there. Therefore, you cant remember the part that seared itself in your brain which is the physical attack. It was just so ugly to see again. It was the 1970s brought back before us. A lot of reasons to talk about why that may be happening. But, jack, ideally, weve got a lot of criticism of how this investigation is going. How should it have gone . The bureau should take as long as necessary to gather the evidence in this case. Theres always, always a deadline in a Background Investigation. One of the bureaus Chief Mandates is to vet federal judges nominees, particularly ones for the supreme court. I would as a case agent, if i had any questions, i would like to talk to judge kavanaugh and to dr. Ford, talk to them about my questions and then go out and find other people to interview. Get that information. And come back. To judge kavanaugh and dr. Ford with further questions that i have as a result of my interviews. Linda, does this letter make sense to you . Ive been to beach week in high school and college. I know plenty of boys in high school who talk up a big game of partying or hooking up with girls and it turns out its not true. Does it surprise you that Brett Kavanaugh would paint such an angelic picture of himself when information like this is readily available . You know, here we are again with the fff. Calling himself bart. Prolific pukers. No Upset Stomach Due to spicy food. Right. I think all of the evidence, his
own testimony, but certainly everything thats come out since, he had a drinking problem. He could have said i was full of it in high school. I want youd to think i was a big stud. Been like, seen that. Right. The fact that his best friend you have to go with the evidence. Have they talked to mark judge yet . If this was his best buddy and best friend, this is a guy who went Off The Charts alcoholic. Sadly. Kavanaugh calls him a great writer. I dont know that the pathetic book about the drinking is a work of literature but there are so many people to talk to. Yes, kids brag and do that all the time and that has to be separated out. Linda, jack, stand by. We have to go do the white house. Heres the first press Briefing SinceSeptember 10th and Sarah Huckabee sanders is introducing someone. The head of the sba. For his support of the Small Business administration he clearly understands the value of Small Businesses. Theyre approximately 30 million
of them in this country and im happy to be their advocate. This money is used in the veteran program. Well establish a sevenmonth intensive Training Program called emerging leaders. It is an adaptation of that program for our veterans helping them transition from Military Life into private sector if they desire to start their own jobs and their own companies and be entrepreneurs. Once again we thank the president very much for this and it will be put to good use. Thank you all very much. Thank you, administrator mcmannment i would like to bring up ambassador john bolton to discuss the withdrawn from the optional protocol to the Vienna Convention on diplomatic convention. Hell take some questions after some remarks and ill be up to take questions of the day. Thanks. Thank you, sarah. Earlier today secretary of state pompeo made a very important announcement regarding the president s decision to terminate the 1955 treaty with iran. A treaty iran made a mockery of with the support for terrorism, provocative Ballistic Missile proliferation and maligned behavior in the middle east. It was a defeat for iran. It correctly rejected nearly all of irans requests, but were disappointed that the icj failed to recognize that it has no jurisdiction to issue any order of sanctions of the United States imposes to protection its own security under the treaty. Instead, the Court Allowed iran to use it as a forum for propaganda. The iranian system has pursued a policy of hostility toward the United States, defames the central premise of the treaty. The Regime Cannot practice
animosity and ask for amity under International Law. In addition, im announcing that the president has decided that the United States will withdraw from the optional protocol and Dispute Resolution to the Vienna Convention on diplomatic conventions. This is in connection with a case brought by the socalled State Of Palestine naming the United States as a defendant challenging our move of our embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. Like to stress the United States remains a party to the underlying Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations and we expect all other parties to abide by their international only gag obligation under the convention. Our actions are consistent with the decisions president ragan made in the 1980s in the wake of the suits against the United States by nicaragua to terminate the acceptance of the jurisdiction of the International Court of justice under article 362 of the icj
statute and his decision to withdraw from a bilateral treaty with nicaragua and with the decision President Bush made in 2005 to withdraw from the optional protocol to the convention on consular relations following the interference in the domestic criminal justice system. So our actions today deal with the treaties and current litigation involving the United States before the International Court of justice. Given this history, and raunls abuse of the icj, well commence a review of all International Agreements that may still expose the United States to purported binding jurisdiction Dispute Resolution in the International Court of justice. The United States will not sit idly by as baseless, politicized claims are brought against us. That concludes the statement. Id be happy to try to answer a few questions. Yes, sir . Thank you, mr. Ambassador n. Response to the actions that you have just announced, irans Foreign Minister has called the u. S. An outlaw regime. I wanted to get your reaction to that and ask you if i may, mr. Ambassador, of north korea with the announcement that the secretary of state is going to be traveling to pyongyang. Do you trust kim jongun . Do you personally trust kim jongun . Well, with respect to questions outside the scope of our withdraw from these two treetdties, im going to pass on those because we want to emphasize the step that is the president authorized in connection with those two treaties. You know, iran is a rogue regime. It has been a threat throughout the middle east not only for its Nuclear Weapons and Ballistic Missile programs but its acted for decades as the central banker of International Terrorism and its hostile Military Behavior in the region today is a breach of International Peace and
security. So i dont take what they say seriously at all. Sir . Two questions for you. First, are there any practical ability to keep an interaction here in the United States, first off . Second, are you at all concerned the president concerned of the message of the sense of people of iran canceling amity to be used by the our dispute is with the. Ayotollah. We wish they had an ability to control their own government. On the intersection . No. Wont have any affect on that. Sir . Canceling those two treaties, im trying to figure out what are the open path for potential talks. Do you still have with iran and
actually the palestinians . Well, this is really has less to do with iran and the palestinians than with the continued consistent policy of the United States to reject the jurisdiction of the International Court of justice which we think is